{"id":1458,"date":"2023-04-03T23:27:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T20:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2023-04-03T23:27:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T20:27:38","slug":"%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%86%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b7%d0%b8%d1%8f-behemoth-i-loved-you-at-your-darkest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/arch\/1458\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: BEHEMOTH \u2013 I Loved You at Your Darkest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Year of release:<\/span>\u00a02018<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Label:<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/metal-star.com\/\">Metal Star<\/a>\u00a0(this version)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Rating:<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">7,2 \/ 10<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today we are not talking about clowning, hypocrisy, barbershops, beer, artificial cocks, ridiculous social and political statements and other rubbish stuff usually associated with BEHEMOTH and its leader. We'll speak about music, because BEHEMOTH's music, whatever one may say, still deserves careful attention. \u201cThe Satanist\u201d turned out to be a wonderful thing, and after 4 years it still sounds fresh and interesting. In support of the album, the Poles made several round-the-world trips, having simultaneously rested in a cell with shit on the walls, and then paused in order to recover and work on other music. Nergal managed to record a blues album with his other project, so it was natural that the new full-length from BEHEMOTH leaned somewhere in this direction. Unlike the full-metal \u201cThe Satanist\u201d, the new album is strongly influenced by rock, which is felt not so much in the sound and mood as in the structures of the songs and overall performance. Guitars, but especially drums and bass - everything works contrary to traditional metal canons. Because of this, the album is initially perceived with difficulty, fragmentary. Only 3-4 listens, after which you memorize the main checkpoints, allow you to get a more or less correct picture. Not like it's changing everything, but after that the impression from \u201cILYAYD\u201d is starts leaning in a positive direction. Interestingly, the best elements of the album are non-metallic. Short symphonic fragments scattered around the album skillfully, in the most necessary places, and melodious pieces and solos on electric and acoustic guitars (like the one that comes at the end of \u201cGod = Dog\u201d) are sensitive and emotional. The acoustics are used to the fullest, and its sound surpasses all other instruments. The idea with the children's choir is also good. Unfortunately, this is not enough to make all songs suitable for repeated listening. After a good start, there is a huge dropdown Bartzabel\u201d rides on a single, instantly boring, idea, and \u201cIf Crucifixion Was Not Enough ...\u201d is good only in acoustic parts. And then, song by song, there are multiple short glimpses of great ideas against the background of average material. The attempt to make a grand finale also failed. The monumental \u201cO Father, O Satan, O Sun\u201d from the previous album cannot even be compared to \u201cWe Are the Next 1000 Years\u201d. Using the synthesizer part is brave for modern BEHEMOTH, but someone like the Ukrainian SEVEROTH can immediately offer a dozen of better options.<\/p>\n<p>The lyrical part of the album does not offer anything cardinally new - the usual cunning\u00a0<del>egoism<\/del>\u00a0atheism according to Crowley's precepts and criticism of Christianity given in the form of loud phrases based on quotations from the Bible. Nergal recently threw in a statement that this album is the most blasphemous thing in the world, and it seems to me that I was not the only one to laugh about that. But I think it's okay for \"free-thinking\" amethyst liberals. The best thing about the album is its physical edition . Of course, \u201cILYAYD\u201d was released by a bunch of labels all over the world in all possible formats, except for floppy disks (hey Sergiy, why Floppy Noise is so slow?). For CIS countries, Metal Star offers a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bo9bFYzl06d\/?taken-by=bagnik_zine\">super elite digibook<\/a>\u00a0with an expanded booklet and CD holder in a form of the<em>altar<\/em>\u00a0. Such rare materials and technics were used to manufacture it, that even\u00a0<del>zionist<\/del>\u00a0chinese wisemen never heard about it. It seems that this is the most expensive and high-quality license release in the history of our countries. For the budget conscious, there is a Jewelcase version, but its circulation is twice lower than of digibook, so it remains to be seen what will cost more in a couple of years. Take a closer look on digibook on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bo9b5CrF6AO\/?taken-by=bagnik_zine\">this<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bo9cqbkFsiD\/?taken-by=bagnik_zine\">this<\/a>\u00a0videos. Like other Metal Star releases, it is distributed through Possession Productions. By the way, in the near future, Rockmark will also release a vinyl version of the album in CIS, and this will be something new in the history of boxed LP releases.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0413\u043e\u0434 \u0432\u044b\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0430:\u00a02018 \u0418\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c:\u00a0Metal Star\u00a0(\u044d\u0442\u0430 \u0432\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u044f) \u041e\u0446\u0435\u043d\u043a\u0430:\u00a07,2 \/ 10 \u0421\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044f \u0440\u0435\u0447\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0439\u0434\u0451\u0442 \u043d\u0435 \u043e \u043a\u043b\u043e\u0443\u043d\u0430\u0434\u0435, \u043b\u0438\u0446\u0435\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0438, \u0431\u0430\u0440\u0431\u0435\u0440\u0448\u043e\u043f\u0430\u0445, \u043f\u0438\u0432\u0435, \u0438\u0441\u043a\u0443\u0441\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u0445\u0443\u044f\u0445, \u0441\u043c\u0435\u0445\u043e\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u0441\u043e\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e-\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f\u0445 \u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0447\u0435\u0439 \u0435\u0440\u0443\u043d\u0434\u0435, \u0441\u0432\u044f\u0437\u0430\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0441 \u0433\u0440\u0443\u043f\u043f\u043e\u0439 BEHEMOTH \u0438 \u0435\u0451 \u043b\u0438\u0434\u0435\u0440\u043e\u043c. \u0420\u0435\u0447\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0439\u0434\u0451\u0442 \u043e \u043c\u0443\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0435, \u0432\u0435\u0434\u044c \u043c\u0443\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0430 BEHEMOTH, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043d\u0438 \u043a\u0440\u0443\u0442\u0438, \u043f\u043e-\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0436\u043d\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0437\u0430\u0441\u043b\u0443\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0432\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f. \u201cThe Satanist\u201d \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0438\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0437\u0430\u043c\u0435\u0447\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0448\u0442\u0443\u043a\u043e\u0439, \u0441 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u043d\u0438\u0447\u0443\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0435&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arch","wpcat-8-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1460,"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458\/revisions\/1460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}